CNBC Economy / Updates
- Job seekers giving up: Labor force participation rate falls to lowest in 50 years, outside of Covid era July 9, 2026A drop in the unemployment rate helped provide some upside to what was an otherwise downbeat jobs report — but it was for all the wrong reasons.
- China consumer price growth weakens in June while producer inflation rises to near 4-year high July 9, 2026Investors increasingly view China's two-speed growth with robust export and tepid domestic demand as a defining long-term feature of the Chinese economy.
- Christine Lagarde leaves door open to early ECB exit, as she mulls French politics July 3, 2026The European Central Bank's Christine Lagarde has declined to rule out an early end to her term as president, as she mulls a foray into French politics.